Junior Aho: DT · SMU · #33.
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Junior Aho
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches in three seasons at SMU. One game to point at: 5 tackles against North Texas — Week 1, 2022.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10@ North Texas | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-16vs Lamar | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-41@ UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-34vs Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-34@ Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-23@ South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-59@ No. 21 Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-31vs Memphis | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 12 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2022
W 45-16
vs Lamar
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 29-point win at home against Lamar.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%2 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksHurry rate
10%2 hurries20 tackles · 2 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Pass share
51.5%
513 pass / 483 run
Plays / game
76.6
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
539 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #175 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at SMU, 41 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Rhett Lashlee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
From Nice, France — one of 3 players from France in FBS this season.
